Red List: Least Concern (LC). GB Status: Common.

Identification

Usually distinctive.

Recording method

Attracted to light.

Life cycle

One generation. Overwinters as a small larva. Larvae August to late May. Pupates in loose earth.

Larval foodplants

Mainly various conifers; possibly also some broadleaved trees.

Habitat

Conifer plantations and other woodlands.

History

First recorded for Dumfries and Galloway in 1946 for VC72 at Lochar Moss by an unknown recorder, in 1961 for VC73 in Glentrool Forest by Shaw and not until 1997 for VC74 by Davis.